American Proverbs About Women »

LOIS KERSCHEN is Grants Coordinator for the Houston Indepenent School District. She was an educator and writer in Texas. She was also Director of Continuing Education at Frank Phillips College.

Exploring the relationship between proverbs and culture, this collection analyzes how women are portrayed in more than 800 American proverbs.

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Proverbs identified as American are presented in subject categories, then alphabetically with any variations, references to like proverbs, year of first-known publication, and nationality or state of origin. Proverbs are preceded in each chapter by an interpretive introduction. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Preface

Introduction

Wives and Marriage

A Woman's Nature

A Woman's Looks

Mothers and Daughters

Courtship

Women as Property

Bad Women vs. Virtuous Women

t Woman's Place

Talkativeness

Whores and Old Maids

Flightiness

Sex

Widows

Old Women and Grandmothers

The Law Under Women

A Woman and Her House

Miscellaneous

Conclusion

Alphabetical Index

Bibliography